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Pay parity, living wages and bogus self-employment are key workers' issues in the election

What are parties promising on workers' rights?

A healthy economy and rising wages have brought about a period of relative industrial peace in recent years. Despite this, there have been some high-profile strikes and disputes.

Election 24 • 24 Nov 24

The proposals provide for pay increases of 10.25% and over a two-and-a-half year period.

Unite to recommend acceptance of public sector pay deal

The Unite trade union is to recommend acceptance of the public sector pay deal which was agreed last month.

Business • 16 Feb 24

The agreement will cost around €3.6 billion

Government approves public sector pay deal

The Government has given formal approval to the public sector pay deal agreed last month.

Business • 13 Feb 24

Agreement was reached last week following talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)

Fórsa to begin ballot on public pay deal in February

Ireland's largest public service trade union, Fórsa, will commence a ballot on the new public sector pay deal next month.

Business • 30 Jan 24

The current public sector pay deal, Building Momentum, is due to expire at the end of the year.

Unions invited to public sector pay talks

The Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe is to invite public service unions and staff representative associations to enter negotiations with the Government on a new public sector pay agreement.

Business • 14 Nov 23

The current agreement, Building Momentum, expires at the end of the year.

Local authority staff call for public sector pay talks

SIPTU's local authority sector committee has threatened industrial action unless the Government engages as a matter of urgency on a new public sector pay deal.

Business • 25 Oct 23

The pay proposals will see public sector workers receive an increase of 6.5% across this year and next year.

INTO recommends acceptance of public sector pay deal

The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) is to recommend acceptance of the public sector pay proposals agreed last week.

Business • 05 Sep 22

Minister Michael McGrath said a deal 'is in everyone's interests' (File: RollingNews.ie)

Top public servants to have their pay restored

Top public servants including medical consultants, CEOs of State bodies, certain members of the judiciary and senior civil servants are to have their pay restored to pre-austerity levels on 1 July.

Ireland • 22 Jun 22

Michael McGrath said he expected the negotiations would be quite intense (stock image)

Public sector pay talks set to intensify

Public sector pay talks between the Government and unions are to intensify and move to a formal phase next week.

Ireland • 09 Jun 22

Leo Varadkar said teachers are among the group of public servants in Ireland who are well paid

No 'significant' public service pay rise - Tánaiste

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar has ruled out significant pay rises for government employees in the next public service agreement.

Ireland • 23 Nov 20

Staff Associations for gardaí and Defence Forces personnel are not permitted to affiliate to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions

Gardaí, Defence Forces express concerns over pay talks

Representative bodies for gardaí and the Defence Forces have voiced fears that they are being excluded from talks on a new public service agreement.

Ireland • 20 Nov 20

The Government is expected to strongly oppose any such pension improvements

Teachers demand upgrade to public service pensions

Teachers have demanded that the Government upgrade pension arrangements for public servants recruited since 2013, who were placed in a new, less favourable pension scheme than their predecessors.

Ireland • 23 Apr 19

Both the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association overwhelmingly rejected proposals from the Public Service Pay Commission aimed at addressing recruitment and retention issues

Nursing unions to meet with HSE to avert strike action

Nursing unions will meet health service management tomorrow morning in a further bid to avert strike action over pay and staff shortages.

Ireland • 13 Nov 18

Section 39 bodies provide services in health, education and community sectors

State-funded bodies could face industrial action

State-funded bodies who provide services in the health, education and community sectors could face industrial action if they fail to restore pay cuts imposed during the economic crisis.

Public Sector Pay • 17 May 18

76% of SIPTU members accepted the new public service pay agreement

SIPTU members back new public service pay agreement

Around 70,000 public sector workers, who are members of the country's largest trade union SIPTU, have backed the new pay agreement.

News • 10 Aug 17

A ballot will take place between 28 August and 15 September

CPSU recommends acceptance of public pay deal

The Civil Public and Services Union, which represents around 10,000 lower paid civil servants, is to recommend acceptance of the new public service pay agreement.

public sector pay • 27 Jul 17

IMPACT is the country's largest trade union

IMPACT members vote to accept new public pay deal

Members of the IMPACT trade union have voted to accept the new public sector pay agreement by a margin of 77% to 23%.

public sector pay • 17 Jul 17

The negative INTO vote will not necessarily derail the deal

Primary teachers reject new pay agreement

Primary school teachers are expected to reject the new public service pay agreement negotiated last month when the result of a ballot is announced later today.

public sector pay • 13 Jul 17

Concerns raised over recruitment figures

INMO delays pay stance amid concern over recruitment

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has postponed a decision on whether to recommend acceptance or rejection of the new public service pay agreement amid concerns about inadequate recruitment of additional nurses.

Ireland • 01 Jul 17

ASTI President Ed Byrne noted that the draft agreement contains no commitment to reduce the so-called Croke Park unpaid hours

Key ASTI committee opposes public sector pay deal

A key leadership group of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland has voted to recommend rejection of the new public service pay agreement negotiated earlier this month.

ASTI • 27 Jun 17

Rank-and-file activists say the unpaid hours imposed during the economic crisis were now permanent

Activists urge rejection of new public pay deal

A number of trade union activists have urged public service workers to reject the extension to the Lansdowne Road Agreement because it fails to address the key demands of State employees.

public sector pay • 23 Jun 17

The country's largest union will decide whether to recommend acceptance of the new public sector pay deal

SIPTU recommends acceptance of new public pay deal

Ireland's largest trade union, SIPTU, has decided to recommend acceptance of the new public service pay agreement negotiated two weeks ago.

News • 22 Jun 17

AGSI seeks legal clarity on pension proposals

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors is to seek legal advice on proposals for increased permanent pension contributions contained in the new public service pay agreement negotiated earlier this month.

public sector pay • 20 Jun 17

The department says the restoration is contingent on the passing of the new pay agreement

Thousands of public servants set to get allowances back

Thousands of public servants including nurses, midwives, prison officers, firefighters, radiographers and craft workers are set for an income boost as the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has sanctioned restoration of allowances for certain groups.

public sector pay • 14 Jun 17

IMPACT's executive has recommended acceptance of the deal

IMPACT to recommend acceptance of public pay deal

The largest public service union, IMPACT, has decided to recommend acceptance of the new public service pay agreement when its 60,000 members vote on it shortly.

public sector pay • 13 Jun 17